Under the lens of embeddedness : socio-cultural perspective on home-grown school feeding in Ghana

Sulemana, N.

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“…National HGSF programs, such as that of Brazil’s, require a certain percentage of food for school meals to be sourced from local producers [ 48 ]; however, these requirements apply to the full basket of foods and not to a percentage of each type of food, thus often resulting in vegetables or other foods purchased from local producers while fish may be sourced in canned form or from imports or donations [ 97 ]. As noted in one study [ 75 ], caterers sometimes sourced canned fish instead of locally produced fish products due to cost, posing another challenge, as small-scale fisherfolk may be unable to compete with cheap imported or donated canned fish products. The use of fish products processed from by-products is advantageous for the government, as noted in a case from Brazil, where procurement costs reduced and processors increase yield while reducing waste [ 111 ].…”

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“… [ 105 ] Nigeria Lower-Middle Income Not specified Not specified—dietary recall of children in SFPs Olatunji, 2015 [ 107 ] Sao Tome and Principe LIFDC Lower-Middle Income Small-scale fisheries Fresh Cardoso, and Balde, 2016. [ 75 ] Senegal LIFDC Lower-Middle Income Donation from Japan Canned WFP, Government of Japan. 2020.…”

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Locally-Procured Fish Is Essential in School Feeding Programmes in Sub-Saharan Africa

Ahern

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Kjellevold

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Fish make an important contribution to micronutrient intake, long-chained polyunsaturated omega-3 fatty acids (n-3 LC-PUFAS), and animal protein, as well as ensuring food and nutrition security and livelihoods for fishing communities. Micronutrient deficiencies are persistent in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), contributing to public health issues not only in the first 1000 days but throughout adolescence and into adulthood. School feeding programs (SFPs) and home-grown school feeding programs (HGSF), which source foods from local producers, particularly fisherfolk, offer an entry point for encouraging healthy diets and delivering essential macro- and micronutrients to schoolchildren, which are important for the continued cognitive development of children and adolescents and can contribute to the realization of sustainable development goals (SDGs) 1, 2, 3, 5, and 14. The importance of HGSF for poverty alleviation (SDG1) and zero hunger (SDG 2) have been recognized by the United Nations Hunger Task Force and the African Union Development Agency–New Partnership for African Development (AUDA-NEPAD), which formulated a strategy for HGSF to improve nutrition for the growing youth population across Africa. A scoping review was conducted to understand the lessons learned from SFPs, which included fish and fish products from small-scale producers, identifying the challenges and best practices for the inclusion of fish, opportunities for improvements across the supply chain, and gaps in nutritional requirements for schoolchildren which could be improved through the inclusion of fish. Challenges to the inclusion fish in SFPs include food safety, supply and access to raw materials, organizational capacity, and cost, while good practices include the engagement of various stakeholders in creating and testing fish products, and repurposing fisheries by-products or using underutilized species to ensure cost-effective solutions. This study builds evidence of the inclusion of nutritious fish and fish products in SFPs, highlighting the need to replicate and scale good practices to ensure sustainable, community-centred, and demand-driven solutions for alleviating poverty, malnutrition, and contributing to greater health and wellbeing in adolescence.

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Locally-Procured Fish Is Essential in School Feeding Programmes in Sub-Saharan Africa

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“…This chapter is based on a PhD thesis for Wageningen University and Research defended on 2 June 2016, entitled Under the lens of embeddedness: a sociocultural perspective on home-grown school feeding in Ghana (Sulemana, 2016). The study was conducted in the Northern Region of Ghana and included the Tamale metropolis and the then Tolon/Kumbungu district between 2011 and 2013.…”

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“…2 The extended case study design guided the collection and analysis of data. Data collection methods included key informant interviews, in-depth interviews, focus group discussions and participant observations (see Sulemana, 2016, for a detailed description of the methodology). The Ghana School Feeding Programme (GSFP) began in September 2005 in ten pilot schools, one in each of the then ten administrative regions of the country.…”

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Public food procurement for sustainable food systems and healthy diets - Volume 2

2021

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T he publication "Public food procurement for sustainable food systems and healthy diets" is divided into two volumes. It discusses public food procurement (PFP) initiatives designed with the objective of advancing social, economic and environmental development through government purchases. Often referred to as "institutional procurement," PFP has been receiving increased attention in the literature and from policymakers and development agencies over the past decades; it is seen as an important policy instrument that has the potential to deliver multiple benefits to a multiplicity of beneficiaries and influence both food consumption and food production patterns. PFP is also increasingly recognized as an important entry point for policymakers to build more sustainable food systems and promote healthy diets. PFP initiatives include school feeding programmes, as well as the purchase of food for public universities, hospitals, prisons and social programmes.These two volumes are the result of the collaboration between the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), the Alliance of Bioversity International and the International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT) and the

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Under the lens of embeddedness : socio-cultural perspective on home-grown school feeding in Ghana

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Locally-Procured Fish Is Essential in School Feeding Programmes in Sub-Saharan Africa

Locally-Procured Fish Is Essential in School Feeding Programmes in Sub-Saharan Africa

Public food procurement for sustainable food systems and healthy diets - Volume 2

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